Three Weld Central students booked into youth detention after school threat

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Three students at Weld Central High School are in police custody after the sheriff’s office was alerted to a potential threat of violence at the school.

On Monday, deputies and detectives were alerted to a threat at Weld Central in Keenesburg, said Steve Reams, bureau chief for the sheriff’s office.

“The tip came in through a student who wasn’t involved,” Reams said. “They had what you’d call a suspicious inkling, and they reported it to an adult at the school.”

Greg Rabenhorst, superintendent of Weld Central Re-3J School District, said a student notified school administration of a potential threat involving weapons at about 1:45 p.m. Monday. He said the student referenced a non-specific threat, but the information administration gained was enough to contact law enforcement.

Neither Reams nor Rabenhorst would identify the nature of the threat.

Several juveniles were identified as co-conspirators through an investigation, and two students were booked into the Platte Valley Youth Detention facility Monday on suspicion of interference with staff, faculty or students of an educational institution.

A third student was taken into custody Tuesday afternoon, according to a news release from the sheriff’s office, and faces the same charge as the other students.

Rabenhorst said he personally notified parents of the situation in an automated phone message at about 6 p.m. Monday.

There is no remaining credible threat to the school, staff or students, Reams said, and no other schools were threatened.

An investigation is continuing, but no other students are being sought, according to a news release.